12 killed on Mount Everest
At least 12 people were killed in an avalanche on Mt Everest on Friday morning.
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- Andhra Pradesh: Telangana TDP leader Dayakar Rao said extension in deadline to debate Telangana bill in assembly will be unacceptable
- Assam: Union minister Oscar Fernandes arrives in Guwahati to attend the closing ceremony of 74th Indian Road Congress
- Bihar: Maoists blast a panchayat building at Pio village in Giridih district in Jharkhand; no casualties, say police today
- Chennai: CM urges PM to ensure release of 25 fishermen taken into custody by Lankan Navy to facilitate fishermen-level talks
- Delhi: CM Arvind Kejriwal was hospitalised Wednesday morning due to severe lung congestion, an AAP party member said
- Gujarat: Two persons killed as miscreants fired at a petrol pump office Tuesday night Botad in Bhavnagar, probe on
- Haryana: Four persons killed, 13 hurt when maxi cab collided with truck near Dhani Toda village on Bhiwani-Loharu road Tuesday
- Himachal Pradesh: CM directs officials to stop felling of trees for widening of road from Dharamsala to Bagli, say officials
- Jammu and Kashmir: Srinagar-Jammu national highway closed for all sorts of vehicular traffic today following heavy snowfall
- Karnataka: First joint session of state legislature in the new year begins at vidhana soudha in central Bangalore
- Kerala: CM Tuesday demanded apology from AAP leader Kumar Vishwas for his alleged derogatory remarks against nurses from state
- Kolkata: Govt will set up a puppet museum at Kankurgachi in Kolkata to preserve art of puppetry, announces minister Upen Biswas
- Madhya Pradesh: A Sagar district court awards 3-years of jail to a head constable for taking bribe from an accused
- Maharashtra: State Secondary and Higher Secondary School Principals Federation to protest in Pune Jan 27 for their pending demands
- Mumbai: BJP leader Vinod Tawde demands principal secretary to probe the Jan 18 Malabar Hills stampede, which left 18 dead
- Northeast: Agartala Municipal Council, oldest municipal body of northeast, Tuesday upgraded as a corporation
- Odisha: Berhampur police Tuesday arrested 7 members of a gang involved in burglary cases on national highway in Ganjam dist
- Punjab: AICC expands Punjab poll panel adding five new members, including former law minister Ashwani Kumar
- Rajasthan: Jaipur administration extends holiday in schools till Class 5 to January 25 due to extreme cold condition
- Tamil Nadu: CM urges PM to ensure release of 25 fishermen taken into custody by Lankan Navy to facilitate fishermen-level talks
- UP East: Uttarakhand assembly Tuesday passed a new Lokayukta Bill modelled on Lokpal of the Centre
- UP West: Uttarakhand assembly Tuesday passed a new Lokayukta Bill modelled on Lokpal of the Centre
- West Bengal: Govt will set up a puppet museum at Kankurgachi in Kolkata to preserve art of puppetry, announces minister Upen Biswas
- Andhra Pradesh: The alliance between the BJP and the TDP in Seemandhra will continue as the two parties iron out their differences
- Assam: Two mountaineers from Assam and Arunachal unhurt in the avalanche that struck Mt Everest in Nepal early today
- Bihar: A person surrenders to police at Todi in Kaimur dist after he killing a woman on suspicion of practicing witchcraft
- Chennai: DMK leader TM Selvaganapathy resigns from RS after CBI court awarded him 2 yrs imprisonment in cremation shed scam
- Delhi: The national capital observes Good Friday, which marks the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, with prayers and fasts
- Gujarat: Three girls drowned in Kim river near Chanetha village at Mangrol Taluk of Surat dist today when they were taking bath
- Haryana: Govt to set up driving schools at transport depots in all dists to impart training to drive heavy vehicles
- Himachal Pradesh: BJP complains to EC over alleged misuse of govt machinery by Kinnaur MLA and dy speaker of assembly Jagat Singh Negi
- Jammu and Kashmir: Two tourists, from Gujarat, killed in a road accident in Qazigund on Jammu-Srinagar national highway, say police
- Karnataka: Transport commissioner stresses greater use of electric vehicles especially in Bangalore to curb air, noise pollution
- Kerala: Amicus curiae G Subramanyam recommends scrapping of special rights of erstwhile Travancore royal family on temple admn
- Kolkata: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi to address election rallies in Malda and Murshidabad districts Saturday
- Madhya Pradesh: Press conference of AAP leader Prashant Bhushan in Indore aborted after a group of people stormed the venue
- Maharashtra: Trial run of metro rail on Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar stretch began today; to continue till April 28, say officials
- Mumbai: Trial run of metro rail on Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar stretch began today; to continue till April 28, say officials
- Northeast: Two mountaineers from Assam and Arunachal unhurt in the avalanche that struck Mt Everest in Nepal early today
- Odisha: A group of people today heckled BDO officer in Mahakalpara in Kendrapara accusing him of keeping few EVMs at his place
- Punjab: Govt employees, pensioners threaten to oppose candidates of SAD-BJP alliance in LS polls if their demands are not met
- Rajasthan: Seven people, including two policemen, hurt in Jaipur in clashes between two groups after incident of eve-teasing
- Tamil Nadu: DMK leader TM Selvaganapathy resigns from RS after CBI court awarded him 2 yrs imprisonment in cremation shed scam
- UP East: Despite ban by EC over his alleged hate speeches, SP leader Azam Khan today refused to apologise to the poll panel
- UP West: Despite ban by EC over his alleged hate speeches, SP leader Azam Khan today refused to apologise to the poll panel
- West Bengal: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi to address election rallies in Malda and Murshidabad districts Saturday
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